Chapter 49: The Council of Elders
Xia Yan smiled lightly, "Little Qing, you call me Brother Xia Yan, so naturally you are my little sister. If you don't want this money, then you're not really treating me as a brother. Besides, Little Qing is so pretty, of course she needs to wear some nice clothes. As soon as Little Qing steps out of my courtyard, those young masters and servants in the other courtyards will be attracted by her beauty, and I'll gain face too."
Xiao Qing heard this, and her cheeks suddenly flushed with red clouds. Her slender figure stood in front of Xia Yan, nodding for half a day without saying anything. For a moment, she didn't know whether to take the gold coin or not. If she didn't take it, she was worried that Xia Yan would really get angry.
Xiao Qing was fourteen or fifteen years old, and naturally she also liked beautiful clothes and bright makeup. However, these were not things that a maid like her could afford to buy. But when Xia Yan gave her money to buy these things, she was delighted from the bottom of her heart.
"Alright, I'm hungry now. After dinner, I still need to practice my martial skills." Xia Yan's mouth curved up as he forced the gold coin into Xiao Qing's pale and slender hand, which was cool and smooth to the touch, soft and boneless. The small hand trembled slightly in Xia Yan's grasp, and Xiao Qing's face turned even redder.
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At night, Xia Yan sat alone on the edge of his large bed, thinking about the battle between him and Wang Fu Sheng at the Extreme Challenge arena that day. With Wang Fu Sheng's strength, he was not actually a threat to Xia Yan. But today in the fierce battle, Xia Yan almost got injured or even killed by Wang Fu Sheng on the spot.
The reason is that Xia Yan's heart is not ruthless enough!
"Is there any enlightenment?"
Just as Xia Yan was frowning and thinking, the voice of the Holy Emperor came. Xia Yan looked up to see that the Holy Emperor was sitting at the table, seemingly having been there for a while.
Xia Yan furrowed her brow, shook her head and let out a sigh.
"Today at the Extreme Challenge Arena, I challenged a mid-tier champion. The champion's martial arts power was only around 80 degrees. Moreover, compared to his physical skills, I also had an absolute advantage. However, in the final moment, I almost got defeated by him." Xia Yan stood up and said with some helplessness.
The old emperor's eyes flashed, and he laughed: "You should know the reason now? That Wang Fusheng, his left hand hammer is a killer move. If you had started with a strong attack, he wouldn't have had a chance to use it. Even if he did, if you were more careful, you wouldn't have needed to respond so hastily. His footwork is much worse than yours. If Wang Fusheng's footwork was also excellent, then you would definitely have lost today."
Xia Yan shook his head and said: "I just don't want to take his life!"
Xia Yan had never killed anyone before, but today he personally inserted the long sword into Wang Fusheng's body. Although on the surface he didn't seem to have any problem afterwards, the shock in his heart was enormous.
The old emperor didn't rush to respond to Xia Yan's words, and after a moment of silence, he said solemnly: "Xia Yan, you must remember that showing mercy to your enemies is cruelty to yourself. If you want to continue on the path of cultivation and become stronger, you must have the heart of a strong person! From now on, be careful not to do this again. Otherwise, you won't go far on the path of cultivation, and sooner or later, you will be killed by others."
"Hmm, I understand!" Xia Yan suddenly straightened up, exhaling a mouthful of turbid air from his chest, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes. "I still have many things to do, I cannot die easily. Being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to oneself!"
After saying everything word by word, Xia Yan suddenly felt much more relaxed.
"Haha, that's right! Xia Yan, continue to cultivate diligently. When your strength is strong enough, you will discover that there are many secrets in this world that you can't even think of." The old Holy Emperor suddenly looked out the door at the night sky and said a sentence that Xia Yan didn't quite understand.
"What secret?" Xia Yan asked naturally.
The old emperor turned his head back and shook it firmly, saying: "It's not time for you to know yet, when the time comes, you will naturally know."
"Xia Yan, you must remember that at any time, you can't be too kind to your enemies. Also, never trust anyone, even if it's someone close to you, keep a certain distance." The old emperor finished speaking and his figure flickered, gradually disappearing in front of Xia Yan.
Xia Yan blinked his eyes, furrowed his brow, that old Emperor...
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Summer family elder assembly!
Tribe leader Xia Feilong, nine elders led by Xia Lei, four guardians!
There were fourteen people in total, seated around the long table. Today's elder meeting was to discuss a matter of great importance to the Xia family, which was to cultivate Xia Yan as a key figure for the family.
That is, Xia Yan was cultivated as a candidate for the next head of the clan.
The clan leader and all the elders had no objection to this. Now, what is being discussed is how to cultivate Xia Yan. If it's just practicing martial arts in the Xia family's martial hall, watching martial arts in the Xia family's scripture pavilion, it's obviously not enough. To cultivate a spiritual master, the price to be paid is extremely high.
Yesterday, I and the elder were discussing this matter privately when we suddenly received an urgent report from Xia Ge San, the head of the North District Fang City Guard, saying that Xia Yan was in a fierce battle with Xi Qiu Shui, the son of Xi Po Tian, the patriarch of the Xi family, in the Fang City. The reason was that Xi Qiu Shui had disrupted the order of our Fang City and was defeated twice by Xia Yan, leaving him completely discredited.
"Hehe, Xia Yan's strength is far superior to that of Xi Qiushui. I heard that Xi Qiushui is the strongest young master in the Xi family, and his performance in the last Xi family excellent youth selection was not bad either, it seems he has opened up 108 meridians." said San Zhang Lao Xia Changhe with a smile.
Xia Yan's achievements made him extremely happy. Recently, he seems to have become much younger, and even eats more than before.
Others also nodded one after another, with a smile on their faces, praising Xia Yan's strength.
"Yes! The strength of the Xia family far surpasses that of Xi Qiu Shui. After Xi Qiu Shui was defeated, Xu Huan, the first guest of the Xi family, stood up to take responsibility for his young master and challenged Xia Yan on the spot, disregarding his identity. And Xia Yan accepted the challenge." Summer Flying Dragon continued to say.
As soon as the words were spoken, the room fell silent, all the elders and guards stared with wide eyes, and the Ninth Elder's right hand, which had been raised high in excitement, even forgot to drop, his expression frozen on his face.
As the core figure of Xia's family with full power, no one in the seat does not know Xu Huan! Xu Huan's strength has already reached the peak of later generations. In Yushui City, it is difficult to find an opponent.
A person like him actually dares to challenge a 15-year-old youth who has just come of age?
Because all the elders of the Xia family have their own duties, they usually don't have time to return to the family unless it's an elder meeting. So, most of the elders haven't heard about what happened in the North District yesterday. After all, this just happened yesterday.
Even San Zhanglao Xia Changhe didn't know about this matter.
"Despicable, the Xis are really low! That scoundrel Xi Po Tian must think that Xia Yan will be a great threat to the Xi family in the future, so he came up with this despicable plan to use Xu Huan to get rid of Xia Yan." The Second Elder slammed his hand on the table and said angrily.
The other elders also had angry faces, and this family was too despicable!
